Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Morning Circle Basma al-Sharif
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Alpha Julia Ducournau
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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